midweek bump

[lagilman]

Placing this here to remind myself, & others: "Stubbornness plus (reasonable) ego plus a clear goal equals perseverance." Perseverance does not guarantee success - but you won't get it any other way, either.

Sometimes my stubborn determination not to accept limitations in what I can do is a blessing. Sometimes it's just damnfool stubbornness. I can accept failure - I tried and it didn't work - but not "I can't."

OK, no, be honest: "I tried and it didn't work" still fills me with extreme irritation and a sense of utter frustration. But "I can't because X?" It's a classic goad. Thankfully for my own sanity, it only works when I apply the goad, not someone else.

see: balancing a checkbook, learning how to speak a second language, reading a map, learning how to knit. All things that my brain makes very difficult, and god knows my life would be simpler and less stressful if I simply shrugged and said "I can't..."

But I can't. :-)

And so with that...to work.

Comments

[cathschaffstump.livejournal.com]

Hey! I recognize that quote.

Catherine

[pds-lit.livejournal.com]

So give me a yell if you need help with the knitting.

[ex-fashioni.livejournal.com]

*grumble*

And you once again, with unerring timing, echo what's going on in my brain.

Oy.

[lagilman]

yeah, well. If ever I'm not sure how I feel, I just call you and find out. ;-)

[lagilman]

there's not so much a -problem- with the knitting as there is a problem with how my brain takes instruction. Having someone TELL me helps not at all...

(but thanks for the offer)

[pds-lit.livejournal.com]

No problem. I find most people need help deciphering the instructions.

Have you joined Ravelry?

[martianmooncrab.livejournal.com]

I tried and it didn't work

at least you tried. There is failure and then there is *fail*. I would rather have tried and failed gloriously than whine about it. And I own it. I am not an expert on a lot of things, but I can scrape by enough.

[lagilman]

:-)


(it was a good panel)